R. Bates, S. Vickers and H. O. Istance Gaze interaction with virtual on-line communities: levelling the playing field for disabled users. Universal Access in the Information Society vol. 9, no. 3, 261-272

H. Prendinger, A. Hyrskykari, M. Nakayama, H.O. Istance, N. Bee and Y. Takahasi Attentive interfaces for users with disabilities: Eye gaze for intention and uncertainty estimation Universal Access in the Information Society vol. 8 , no. 4 October 2009

R. Bates, M. Donegan, H.O. Istance, J.P. Hansen and K.-J. Räihä Introducing COGAIN - Communication by Gaze Interaction. Universal Access in the Information Society - 'Designing Accessible Technologies' vol. 6, no. 2 September, 2007 pp159-166

R. Bates and H.O. Istance. Towards eye based virtual environment interaction for users with high-level motor disabilities. International Journal of Disability & Human Development: The International Conference Series on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, vol. 4, no. 3, 2005.

R. Bates and H.O. Istance. Why are eye mice unpopular? A detailed comparison of head and eye controlled assistive technology pointing devices Universal Access in the Information Society Vol 2, Number 3, 2003 pp: 280 – 290

P.A. Howarth and H.O. Istance The association between visual discomfort and the use of visual display units Behaviour and Information Technology, vol. 4, no. 2, 1985, pp. 135-149.

P.A. Howarth and H.O. Istance The validity of subjective reports of visual discomfort Human Factors Vol. 28, no.3 1986 pp 347-352.

S. Vickers, H.Istance, M.Smalley EyeGuitar: Making Rhythm Based Music Video Games Accessible Using Only Eye Movements Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Advances in Computer Entertainment ACE 2010 Taiwan, November 2010

H. Istance , A. Hyrskykari, L.Immonen, S. Mansikkamaa, S. Vickers Designing Gaze Gestures for Gaming: an Investigation of Performance. Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Eye tracking research & applications ETRA '10 ACM Press, New York, NY March 2010

H. Istance, A. Hyrskykari, S. Vickers, T. Chaves For Your Eyes Only: Controlling 3D Online Games by Eye Gaze, Proceedings of 12th IFIP conference on Human-Computer Interaction: INTERACT 2009, Uppsala, Sweden, 24-28th August 2009

S. Vickers, H. Istance, A. Hyrskykari Selecting commands in 3D game environments by gaze gestures. Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Communication by Gaze Interaction, Proc. COGAIN 2009: Copenhagen, May 2009

H. Istance, S. Vickers, A. Hyrskykari Gaze-Based Interaction with Massively Multiplayer On-line Games Human Factors in Computing Systems, Proceedings of CHI'09 Conference, Boston, MA, 4-9th April 2009

H. Istance, A. Hyrskykari, S. Vickers, N. Ali User Performance of Gaze-based Interaction with On-line Virtual Communities. Proc. COGAIN Conference 2008, 28-32. Prague September 2008

S. Vickers, R. Bates, H. Istance Gazing into a Second Life: Gaze-Driven Adventures, Control Barriers, and the Need for Disability Privacy in an Online Virtual World. Proceedings of the 7th International conference on disability, virtual reality and associated technologies; ICDVRAT 2008

S. Vickers, H. Istance, A. Hyrskykari, N. Ali, R. Bates Keeping an eye on the game: eye-gaze interaction with Massively Multiplayer Online Games and virtual communities for motor impaired users. Proceedings of the 7th International conference on disability, virtual reality and associated technologies; ICDVRAT 2008

R Bates, H.O. Istance and S. Vickers Gaze Interaction with Virtual On-Line Communities: Levelling the Playing Field for Disabled Users. In Proceedings of the 4th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT), University of Cambridge, 13th-16th April 2008.

H.O. Istance, R Bates, A. Hyrskykari and S. Vickers Snap Clutch, a Moded Approach to Solving the Midas Touch Problem Proceedings of the 2008 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications ETRA '08 ACM Press, Savannah, March 2008.

H. O Istance, A. Hyrskykari, D. Koskinen, and R. Bates. Gaze-based Attentive User Interfaces AUIs to support disabled users: towards a research agenda. In Electronic Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Communication by Gaze Interaction: COGAIN 2006: Gazing into the Future, pages 56-62, September 2006. (www.cogain.org)

H.O. Istance Communication through eye-gaze: where we have been, where we are now and where we can go from here (Keynote address) Proceedings of the 2006 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications ETRA '06 ACM Press, San Diego, March 2006.

G. Al-Hudhud, A. Ayesh , M.J. Turner and H.O. Istance Simulation and visualization of a scalable real time multiple robot system Proceedings of the conference of Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics, TP.CG05, Eurographics Association 2005.

R Bates and H.O. Istance. Fly Where You Look: Enhancing Gaze Based Interaction in 3D Environments. 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 22-27 July 2005, Las Vegas, USA.

G. Al-Hudhud, A. Ayesh , H.O. Istance and M.J. Turner Agents negotiation & communication within a real time cooperative multiagent system Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing, pp 611- 617, December 2004. ISBN 1-84233-110-8.

R Bates and H O Istance Towards eye based virtual environment interaction for users with high-level motor disabilities Proceedings of ICDVRAT'04: The 5th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, September 2004

R.Bates and H.O. Istance Zooming interfaces! Enhancing the performance of eye controlled pointing devices Proceedings of ASSETS 2002, The Fifth International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, July 8 - 10, 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Bates, R. and Istance, H.O. Why are eye mice unpopular? A detailed comparison of head and eye controlled assistive technology pointing devices Proceedings of the 1st Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT), Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge 25th-27th March 2002.

H.O. Istance, C. Spinner and P. Howarth Eye-based control of standard GUI software Proceedings of HCI'96: People and Computers XI, Springer-Verlag, August 1996

H.O.Istance, C. Spinner and P.A Howarth Enabling Motor Impaired Users to use standard GUI software Proceedings of ECDVRAT'96: The 1st European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies '96, (ISBN 0 7049 1140 X) Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, July 1996

H.O. Istance and P.A.Howarth Using eye vergence to interact with objects in the 3D space created by a stereoscopic display IEE Colloquium: Interfaces - The Leading Edge, Dundee, 1996

M. Kirby, A. Life, H.O. Istance, L. Hole and A. Crombie HCI Curricula: What is being taught on computing courses in UK Interact '95 IFIP Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Lillehammer, Norway, 1995.

H. O. Istance and T. Bryan Human Error in the use of flight simulator instructor stations Human Factors and CRM in the training and development of flight crew, Conference, EAC, Paris, June 8-10 1995.

H. O. Istance, M. Lindqvist and P. Howarth The feasibility of eye-based interaction with objects displayed in the viewing volume created by a stereoscopic display Adjunct Proceedings, HCI '95, Huddersfield, Cambridge University Press August, 1995.

H.O. Istance and P.A. Howarth Keeping an eye on your interface: The potential for eye based control of graphical user interfaces Proceedings of HCI'94, Glasgow, Cambridge University Press, August 1994.

H.O. Istance and P.A. Howarth Input device emulation using an Eye-Tracker IEE Colloquium: Designing Future Interaction conference, University of Warwick, March 1994.

H. O. Istance, Performance modelling and investigation of user performance using an eyetracker as an input device Polish-English meeting on Information Systems, Politechnika Bialostocka, September 1993.

P.A. Howarth, H.O. Istance, S J Paterson and D N O'Connor, WYLAIWYG! - Controlling Computers by Eye Third International Conference on Visual Search, Nottingham University, August 1992.

H.O. Istance The use of software tools to support interface design IEE Colloquium: Software Tools for Interface Design, London, November 1990

H.O. Istance., A. Rutherford, A., J. Wilson. and N. Corlett Improvements to the Safety and Programmability of Robots ACME Research Conference, Science and Engineering Research Council, Cambridge, 1987.

H.O. Istance, Human Factors Issues in Advanced Bridge Systems Third International Conference on Bridge Design and Operation, Oslo, 1987

P. Larsen and H.O. Istance. Application of Computer Technology and and System Integration in Ship Operation Second International Bridge Design and Operation Forum, Hamburg, 1984

H.O. Istance and P.A Howarth, An Investigation of Visual Discomfort amongst Workers with specific reference to VDU as a potential causal factor INTERACT'84, First IFIP Conference on Human Computer Interaction, London, 1984.

H.O. Istance, Automation in Ship Control Systems. Annual Conference, Nordic Ergonomics Society, Helsinki, 1978.

H.O. Istance, An experimental evaluation of a 'one-man-control' bridge layout. First International Conference on Human Factors in the Design and Operation of Ships, Gothenburg, 1977

H.O. Istance,. and T.B.K. Ivergård Ergonomics and Reliability in Ship Handling Systems - Theories, Models and Methods Fourth Ship Control Symposium, The Hague, Netherlands, 1975

K. Kaur Deol, C. Hand, H.O. Istance, A. Steed and J. Tromp, Usability evaluation for virtual environments: Part 1, Interfaces, British HCI Group, no.43, 2000 pp. 4-8.

K. Kaur Deol, C. Hand, H.O. Istance, A. Steed and J. Tromp, Usability evaluation for virtual environments: Part 2, Interfaces, British HCI Group, no..44, 2000, pp. 4-7.

H.O. Istance, Eye-based Interaction for users with special needs, Interfaces, British HCI Group, no. 35, 1997